MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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